2023 Canberra Raiders season

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2023 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank8th out of 17
2023 recordWins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 486; against: 623
Team information
CEODon Furner Jr
Head CoachRicky Stuart
Captain
StadiumGIO Satdium - 25,000
McDonalds Park Wagga - 10,000 (Rd 9)
Avg. attendance15,300
High attendance21,082 (Rd 15 vs. Warriors)
Top scorers
TriesJordan Rapana
Matthew Timoko (11)
GoalsJarrod Croker (59)
PointsJarrod Croker (132)
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The 2023 Canberra Raiders season is the 42nd in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. The Co-captain Jarrod Croker retains his club role for the 10th consecutive season and other Co-captain Elliot Whitehead retains his co-captaincy for his 5th consecutive season. While Head Coach Ricky Stuart maintains his club position for the 10th consecutive season.

Player movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.[1]

Gains

Player/Coach Previous Club Length
Pasami Saulo Newcastle Knights 2024
Danny Levi Huddersfield Giants 2024

Losses

Player/Coach New Club
Josh Hodgson Parramatta Eels
Adam Elliott Newcastle Knights
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad New Zealand Warriors
Ryan Sutton Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Pre-Season Challenge

Date[2] Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 12 February Trial 1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Ack Weyman Oval 18 – 34 Brad Schneider 23'
Elijah Anderson 48'
James Schiller 55'
Mitchell Spencer 65'
Jarrod Croker (1/4) 4,535
Sunday, 19 February Trial 2 Wests Tigers Belmore Sports Ground 36 – 4 Danny Levi 20' Jamal Fogarty (0/1) 7,800

Regular season

Source:[3]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 18 0 6 3 645 312 +333 42
2 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 3 639 425 +214 42
3 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 3 627 459 +168 38
4 New Zealand Warriors 24 16 0 8 3 572 448 +124 38
5 Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 3 626 451 +175 35
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 3 619 497 +122 34
7 Sydney Roosters 24 13 0 11 3 472 496 −24 32
8 Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 3 486 623 −137 32
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 3 564 505 +59 30
10 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 3 587 574 +13 30
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 3 546 542 +4 30
12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 1 12 3 545 539 +6 29
13 Dolphins 24 9 0 15 3 520 631 −111 24
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 3 527 653 −126 24
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 3 438 769 −331 20
16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 5 0 19 3 474 673 −199 16
17 Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 3 385 675 −290 14

Matches

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 4 March 1 North Queensland Cowboys Queensland Country Bank Stadium 19 - 18 Emre Guler 37'
Tom Starling 53'
Jack Wighton 57'
Jamal Fogarty (3/3) 19,855
Saturday, 11 March 2 Dolphins Kayo Stadium 20 - 14 Jack Wighton 13'

Nick Cotric 28'

Jamal Fogarty (1/2)
PG:Jamal Fogarty (2/2)
10,023
Sunday, 19 March 3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks GIO Stadium 24 - 20 Albert Hopoate 15'
Matt Timoko 43'
Corey Horsburgh (2) 30' 51'
Jamal Fogarty (4/4) 14,134
Sunday, 26 March 4 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 24 - 14 Hudson Young 3'

Jack Wighton 23'

Corey Harawira-Naera (2/2)

2P FG:Matt Frawley

15,106
Friday, 31 March 5 Penrith Panthers GIO Stadium 53 - 12 Elliott Whitehead 31'

Hudson Young 56'

Jamal Fogarty (2/2) 15,334
Saturday, 8 April 6 Brisbane Broncos Lang Park 20 - 14 Jordan Rapana (2) 4' 29'

Albert Hopoate 50'

Jarrod Croker (3/3)

PG: Jarrod Croker (1/1)

31,962
Sunday, 16 April 7 St. George Illawarra Dragons GIO Stadium 20 - 14 Sebastian Kris 45'

Matthew Timoko 62'
Hudson Young 72'

Jarrod Croker (3/3)

PG: Jarrod Croker (1/1)

13,817
8 BYE
Saturday, 29 April 9 Dolphins McDonald's Park 31 - 30 Jarrod Croker 1'

Jack Wighton 5'
Jordan Rapana 20'
Sebastian Kris 35'
Jamal Fogarty 66'

Jarrod Croker (3/5)

PG: Jarrod Croker (2/2)
1P FG: Jamal Fogarty

10,445
Friday, 5 May 10 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Lang Park 34 -30 Jordan Rapana (2) 1' 44'

Xavier Savage 16'
Matthew Timoko 19'
Hudson Young 22'
Jarrod Croker 57'

Jarrod Croker (4/6)

PG: Jarrod Croker (1/1)

41,462
Saturday, 13 May 11 Parramatta Eels GIO Stadium 26 - 18 Albert Hopoate 36'

Hudson Young 42'
Sebastian Kris 45'
Matthew Timoko 74'

Jarrod Croker (3/4)

PG: Jarrod Croker (2/2)

17,414
Sunday, 21 May 12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles GIO Stadium 42 - 14 Elliott Whitehead 5'

Ata Mariota 68'

Jarrod Croker (2/2)

PG: Jarrod Croker (1/1)

14,730
Saturday, 27 May 13 South Sydney Rabbitohs Accor Stadium 33 - 26 Corey Horsburgh 13'

Albert Hopoate (3) 17' 22' 73'
Tom Starling 58'

Jarrod Croker (4/5)

PG: Jarrod Croker (2/2)
1P FG: Jamal Fogarty

12,382
Friday, 2 June 14 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Sports Stadium 20 - 19 Jamal Fogarty (2) 6' 48'

Jordan Rapana 32'

Jamal Fogarty (3/3)
PG:Jamal Fogarty (1/1)
11,201
Friday, 9 June 15 New Zealand Warriors GIO Stadium 36 - 14 Jack Wighton 21'

Josh Papali'i 77'

Jarrod Croker (2/2)

PG: Jarrod Croker (1/1)

21,082
16 BYE
Sunday, 25 June 17 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 20 - 18 Jack Wighton 16'

Albert Hopoate 21'
Matthew Timoko 28'

Jarrod Croker (2/3)

PG: Jarrod Croker (2/2)

13,326
Saturday, 1 July 18 Gold Coast Titans GIO Stadium 26 - 22 Albert Hopoate 1'

Sebastian Kris 16'
Matthew Timoko 49'
Hudson Young 73'

Jarrod Croker (4/4)

PG: Jarrod Croker (1/1)

11,659
Friday, 7 July 19 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 36 - 26 Jordan Rapana 8'

Joseph Tapine 16'
Matthew Timoko (2) 25' 48'
Matt Frawley 39'
Sebastian Kris 71'

Jarrod Croker (6/6) 9,319
20 BYE
Friday, 21 July 21 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 21 - 20 Hudson Young 18'

Jordan Rapana 63'
Elliott Whitehead 78'
Jack Wighton 79'

Jarrod Croker (2/4) 19,112
Saturday, 29 July 22 Newcastle Knights GIO Stadium 28 - 6 Jordan Rapana 51' Jarrod Croker (1/1) 15,487
Sunday, 6 August 23 Wests Tigers GIO Stadium 22 - 18 Sebastian Kris (2) 25' 44'

Hudson Young 28'
Matthew Timoko 63'

Jamal Fogarty (3/4) 12,841
Sunday, 13 August 24 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 48 - 2 PG: Jamal Fogarty (1/1) 17,369
Sunday, 20 August 25 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs GIO Stadium 36 - 24 Matthew Timoko (2) 11' 49'

Jarrod Croker 31'
Nick Cotric 60'
Jordan Rapana 67'
Josh Papali'i 72'

Jarrod Croker (6/6) 12,402
Saturday, 26 August 26 Brisbane Broncos GIO Stadium 29 - 18 Matt Frawley 17'

Nick Cotric 31'
Hudson Young 37'

Jamal Fogarty (2/3)
PG:Jamal Fogarty (1/1)
19,400
Sunday, 3 September 27 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium 24 - 6 Jordan Rapana 4' Jamal Fogarty (1/1) 12,750
Sunday, 10 September Elimination Finals Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 30 - 28 James Schiller (2) 18' 39'

Trey Mooney 31'
Matt Frawley 64'
Tom Starling 77'

Jamal Fogarty (4/5) 29,548

2023 squad

Canberra Raiders 2023 squad
Top 30 squad - 2023 NRL season Development list Coaching staff

Extended Squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Medical professionals

Managers


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 26 March 2024
Source(s): Raiders 2023 Squad Tracker, Raiders - Staff


Year End Player Movement

The following players departed the Canberra Raiders following the 2023 NRL Season.

Player New Club
Jarrod Croker Retirement
Matt Frawley Leeds Rhinos
Harley Smith-Shields Gold Coast Titans
Jack Wighton South Sydney Rabbitohs

Player Milestones

Round Player Milestone
Round 1 Danny Levi Club debut
Pasami Saulo Club debut
Round 6 Peter Hola Club debut
Round 15 Jarrod Croker 300th game
Round 24 Ethan Strange NRL debut
Round 27 Hohepa Puru NRL debut
Finals 1 Jordan Rapana 200th NRL game

Statistics

Name Appearances Tries Goals Field goals Points
Nick Cotric 13 3 0 0 12
Jarrod Croker 15 3 59 0 130
Jamal Fogarty 24 3 28 2 70
Matt Frawley 8 3 0 1[a] 14
Emre Guler 25 1 0 0 4
Corey Harawira-Naera 9 0 2 0 4
Peter Hola 2 0 0 0 0
Albert Hopoate 20 8 0 0 32
Corey Horsburgh 22 3 0 0 12
Sebastian Kris 21 7 0 0 28
Danny Levi 4 0 0 0 0
Ata Mariota 17 1 0 0 4
Trey Mooney 4 1 0 0 4
Josh Papali'i 18 2 0 0 8
Hohepa Puru 2 0 0 0 0
Jordan Rapana 21 11 0 0 44
Pasami Saulo 22 0 0 0 0
Xavier Savage 1 1 0 0 4
James Schiller 4 2 0 0 8
Brad Schneider 1 0 0 0 0
Harley Smith-Shields 6 0 0 0 0
Tom Starling 23 3 0 0 12
Ethan Strange 1 0 0 0 0
Joseph Tapine 24 1 0 0 4
Matthew Timoko 25 11 0 0 44
Adrian Trevilyan 2 0 0 0 0
Elliott Whitehead 23 3 0 0 12
Jack Wighton 22 7 0 0 28
Zac Woolford 21 0 0 0 0
Hudson Young 24 9 0 0 36
30 players used 83 89 2/1 514

Representative honours

This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2023.

Player All Stars match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII Pacific Cup/Bowl Tonga in England
Emre Guler Australia
Corey Harawira-Naera Māori
Corey Horsburgh Queensland
Jordan Rapana Māori
Joseph Tapine Māori (c) New Zealand
Matthew Timoko New Zealand
Jack Wighton Indigenous
Elliott Whitehead England
Hudson Young New South Wales New South Wales Australia

Notes

  1. ^ 1x 2 point field goal

References

  1. ^ "2023 Raiders Signings". NRL.com. 1 March 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 NRL Pre-Season Challenge". NRL.com. 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 NRL Regular Season/Telstra Premiership". NRL.com. 1 March 2023.